As Microsoft designed the new user interface here in Access 2007, they also…considered the fact that many users prefer to use keyboard shortcuts.…If you're one of those people, you'll be happy to know the keyboard shortcuts…you learned in previous versions of Microsoft Access also apply here in Access 2007.…Let's start by going to a table in Access 2003.…We'll click the File menu and explore some of the commands that appear on this…menu, for example, right at the top to create a new table, in this case, Ctrl+N…is the keyboard shortcut.…

It's displayed off to the right-hand side.…That means, while holding down Ctrl, you would tap the letter N and then release…both keys and have a new table.…You could also open, using Ctrl+O, Save, the shortcut has always been Ctrl+S, and…printing, Ctrl+P. Let's flip over to Access 2007 now and the equivalent of the…File menu is the new Office button,…so we'll click there.…Now we don't see tooltips explaining the various shortcuts until we hover over a button.…

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3/24/2010

In Migrating from Access 2003 to Access 2007, author David Rivers explains the key differences between Access 2007 and Access 2003 and the benefits of upgrading to the 2007 version of Microsoft's database design software. The course covers key differences Access 2003 users need to understand, including the new Ribbon interface, database templates, the improved Layout View and the new Open XML file format. Exercise files accompany the course.